Fantastic Fest Announces Final Wave of Genre Goodie Programming

Fantastic Fest Announces Final Wave of Genre Goodie Programming

The final wave of programming for Austin’s Fantastic Fest (September 20-27) is now live. Included in the lineup, which mixes new films with repertory selections, are Brandon Cronenberg’s “Antiviral,” Ted Kotcheff’s 1971 Palme d’or nominee “Wake in Fright,” Luis Prieto’s remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s “Pusher” and the world premiere of Marcus Dunstan’s “The Collection.” Full list below.

ANTIVIRAL (2012)
US PremiereDirector – Brandon Cronenberg, 110 mins
Syd March makes people sick, infecting them with viruses harvested to order from celebrities, but gets more than he bargained for when his most famous source dies from a virus Syd has just infected himself with.

BERBERIAN SOUND STUDIO (2012)
US PremiereDirector – Peter Strickland, 92 mins
Strange things occur after a British audio technician is summoned to Italy to work on a gory giallo film.

BESTIES (2012)
World PremiereDirector – Rebecca Perry Cutter, 91 mins
BESTIES tells the story of two high school girls—an awkward freshman and a sexy senior—who become immersed in a manipulative and deadly friendship.

BLACK OUT (2012)
World PremiereDirector – Arne Toonen, 73 mins
A splitting headache, a dead gangster, twenty kilos of missing coke and 24 hours to sort it all out before getting married. Jos is about to have a very bad day.

BRING ME THE HEAD OF THE MACHINE GUN WOMAN (2012)
World PremiereDirector – Ernesto Diaz Espinosa, 75 mins
Timid, video game-loving DJ Santiago seemingly digs his own grave when he agrees to bring a violent criminal kingpin the head of Machine Gun Woman.

THE COLLECTION (2012)

World Premiere with director/writer Marcus Dunstan, writer Patrick Melton and cast Josh Stewart and Emma Fitzpatrick in personDirectors – Marcus Dunstan
When Elena’s friends take her to a secret party at an undisclosed location, she never imagined she would become the latest victim of The Collector, a psychopathic killer.

COME OUT AND PLAY (2012)
US Premiere Director – Makinov, 95 mins
While on vacation, Beth and Francis visit a remote island that turns out to be almost solely inhabited by children. Unfortunately for them, these kids are far from well behaved.

DANGER 5 (2012)
World PremiereDirector – Dario Russo, 150 mins
It’s World War II and there’s nothing Hitler won’t do to take over the world! Dinosaur men! Love potions! Giant robots! And all that stands in his way are the intrepid forces of the DANGER 5!

DOM – A RUSSIAN FAMILY (2011)
North American PremiereDirector – Oleg Pogodin, 109 mins
A Russian mobster returns to his ancestral home for a family reunion after years of living in the criminal underworld. Unbeknownst to him, his ruthless enemies follow close behind.

EXORCIST IN THE 21ST CENTURY, THE (2012)

World Premiere

Director – Fredrik Horn Akselsen, 80min

Norwegian documentarian Fredrik Horn Akselsen examines the work of Father Jose Antonio Fortea – an actual, Vatican-approved exorcist – in this balanced look at a largely hidden world within the Catholic church.

THE FINAL MEMBER (2012)

Regional Premiere

Directors – Jonah Bekhor and Zach Math, 75mins

A mind-blowing documentary about three men who are deeply obsessed with penises—human or otherwise.

HAIL (2012)
Regional PremiereDirector – Amiel Courtin-Wilson, 104 mins
Real life ex-con Daniel P. Jones stars in this haunting and unflinchingly realistic film crafted from over 500 pages of his own memories and experiences.

Real life bluegrass band Future Folk use a banjo and a guitar to save mankind in this sci-fi comedy origin story.

LEE’S ADVENTURE (2011)
North American PremiereDirector – Frant Gwo, 91 mins
When Li Xianje’s beautiful girlfriend dies in a tragic accident, he attempts to harness his temporal dilation disorder in order to travel back in time and save her.

PUSHER (2012)
US Premiere Director – Luis Prieto, 89 mins
A small time drug dealer gets in way over his head when a big deal goes bad in Luis Prieto’s British remake of Nicolas Winding Refn’s debut feature film.

A trip meant to save their marriage turns into a nightmare when Johan and Saar accidentally videotape a police shooting in the streets of Argentina.

TEBANA SANKICHI: SNOT ROCKETS (2012)
World Premiere Director – Yudai Yamaguchi, 79 mins
Tak Sakaguchi stars in Yudai Yamaguchi’s feature-length reboot of an original indie short film made in 1995. Follow the ridiculous adventures of sometime private detective and fighting master Tebana “Snot Rockets” Sankichi, and his loyal sidekick “Twice” Shiro. An episodic, nonsense comedy that flies like a rocket and lands like a wet loogie.

TWO RABBITS (DOIS COEHLOS) (2012)
International Premiere Director – Afonso Poyart, 108 mins
Edgar returns to Brazil after two years in Miami, focused on enacting a complicated revenge plot and hoping to find absolution for his sins in the process.

Regional PremiereDirector – Pang Ho-Cheung, 90 mins
What do pubic hair, pop rocks, cow vaginas and sex with mules have in common? They are all part of moviemaking in Hong Kong.

WAKE IN FRIGHT (1971)

Repertory screening

Director – Ted Kotcheff, 114mins

A Palme D’Or nominee based on the 1961 book of the same name by Kenneth Cook and directed by FIRST BLOOD’s Ted Kotcheff, WAKE IN FRIGHT is an uncompromisingly brutal look at what happens when men are left alone together in the outback with guns and a lot of beer. This is going to be a mind-blower on the big screen. Get ready.